A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.4134 East, latitude 39.1457 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000dgp9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dgp9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/21 / 2021-03-06 23:53:24 / March 6, 2021 @ 11:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:53:24 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km NNE of Rasht, Tajikistan.
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